The Open 2016 - TV Coverage

[Deleted member 15344]

Seems it doesn't matter how well they cover it - not many are actually watching it , maybe it's the lackof excitement but this morning coverage is dull and I have switched over. My favourite sport event to watch behind the Olympics and now I'm struggling to motivate to watch it.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...-peak-viewing-figures-big-drop-sky-sports-bbc


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/th...icketers-make-noticeable-effort-PR-front.html

Also seems the event itself is struggling in regards the crowds at the event - lots of empty stands

 

[Pin-seeker]

Seems it doesn't matter how well they cover it - not many are actually watching it , maybe it's the like of excitement but this morning coverage is dull and I have switched over. My favourite sport event to watch behind the Olympics and now I'm struggling to motivate to watch it.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...-peak-viewing-figures-big-drop-sky-sports-bbc


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/th...icketers-make-noticeable-effort-PR-front.html

Not to worry Phil,it's not like anyone's forcing you to watch it 👍🏻

 

[JohnnyDee]

Great to hear some common sense being spoken on the subject of the proliferation of modern 200 and stupid yard par 3s.

Most of the showpiece / exciting par 3s are, relatively speaking, tiddlers.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Not to worry Phil,it's not like anyone's forcing you to watch it 👍🏻

Just something to say the same thing about! More worrying to see the empty stands.

The two articles can't even agree on the figures. From the Guardian:
Figures obtained by the Guardian show a high-point Thursday audience of 347,000 at 5pm between Sky1, Sky Sports 1 and Sky Sports 4. The equivalent peak statistic for the BBC’s coverage in 2015 was 1.5 million.

From The Mail
The subscription channel's peak audience during a mammoth 14-and-a-half hours of live golf was a paltry 267,000 and the average figure for the golfathon shown on three Sky channels was just 237,000.

Seems they are just trying to make a point, mute as it is as Sky have it regardless and yet they cannot even get close to the same numbers. The R&A are right, the viewing habits have changed and there are many different ways to get coverage and so TV figures are going to dissipate. If you really don't like the Sky coverage and some of the presenters/commentators simply watching elsewhere or not at all is the answer

 

[louise_a]

I have activated my pass for the last day (and the cricket), but hear if a question, how live is the live coverage? I was saw the leaders hit to the 6th green and then went on the open website to check how others were doing and it was showing that Phil had already birdied the hole before the putt was shown on TV

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I have activated my pass for the last day (and the cricket), but hear if a question, how live is the live coverage? I was saw the leaders hit to the 6th green and then went on the open website to check how others were doing and it was showing that Phil had already birdied the hole before the putt was shown on TV

It seems it's delayed a touch - the Open App is very good and is sending updates on the final pairing and is ahead of what is being shown

 

[guest100718]

I have activated my pass for the last day (and the cricket), but hear if a question, how live is the live coverage? I was saw the leaders hit to the 6th green and then went on the open website to check how others were doing and it was showing that Phil had already birdied the hole before the putt was shown on TV

streaming will always lag behind live TV, due to the need to encode it, buffer it etc..

 

[Hickory_Hacker]

I've enjoyed the Sky coverage and if Virgin put up my Kahuna rates then fair enough, it's worth it.

Long live Peter Alliss though :thup:

 

[williamalex1]

I've enjoyed the Sky coverage and if Virgin put up my Kahuna rates then fair enough, it's worth it.

Long live Peter Alliss though :thup:

Won't be that long then, he's almost my age

 

[Hickory_Hacker]

Won't be that long then, he's almost my age

You sound fine Junior 😉

 

[williamalex1]

You sound fine Junior 😉

Cheers Hick :thup:

 

[Imurg]

Anyone who chose to not watch - Pahahahahahahahahahaha..😂😂😂😂😂

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Anyone who chose to not watch - Pahahahahahahahahahaha..😂😂😂😂😂

Or who couldn't watch because they don't have sky - it was a good show of golf , just a shame so little amount of people will have seen it

 

[Imurg]

Or who couldn't watch because they don't have sky - it was a good show of golf , just a shame so little amount of people will have seen it

Yep - I don't have Sky Sports....but I still watched it.

 

[ruff-driver]

Yep - I don't have Sky Sports....but I still watched it.

Me too, love internet tv

 

[golfgod1ab]

I agree great advert for golf, shame so many people missed it.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Yep - I don't have Sky Sports....but I still watched it.

Because you paid further money to watch it - many won't and many don't have the ability to watch online or via Now TV - it was a great watch but millions didn't get to see or couldn't see it. That for me is a big shame because something like today would have been a great watch for millions others

 

[Imurg]

Because you paid further money to watch it - many won't and many don't have the ability to watch online or via Now TV - it was a great watch but millions didn't get to see or couldn't see it. That for me is a big shame because something like today would have been a great watch for millions others

£6.99 Phil........£6.99

 

[Deleted member 15344]

£6.99 Phil........£6.99

Plus buying a box ? Plus having internet good enough to make it worthwhile - a casual fan isn't going to pay

Many million households don't have Internet good enough

And people just won't pay unless they are a golf fan

Before they got it as part of their telly license

The viewing figures will tell the story

 

[Hacker Khan]

One of the great final rounds of a major ever. Absolutely spellbinding TV. God I can't wait to hear what the main protagonists think about it, what they are feeling, what they thought they main turning point was. Here comes the interviews and presentation ceremony with a TV audience in the millions and millions watching, come on, let's have it, lets sell golf as exciting, let's hear what the players thought about one of the greatest final rounds ever....

Oh, it's some anonymous bald bloke in a blazer surrounded by other anonymous bald blokes in blazers badly reading a pre-prepared speech and dying on his arse. Nice one, way to go.